Steve Peck, a former Naval officer and health care executive, has been chosen to fill the District E Douglas County Board of Education seat vacated by Doug Benevento.
He was sworn in Nov. 7 at a …
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For years while working retail, Barbara Penning would find herself in a new city during the holidays.
“When that happened, I’d try to think of ways I could celebrate the season differently,” she remembered. “I’d do things like go to a …
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The focus was on former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at a Morgan Carroll campaign rally in Highlands Ranch the night of Nov. 5.
Three days before the general election, Sanders implored the crowd to not only vote for Carroll — who is …
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High school senior Mark Twal has worked at Bed Bath & Beyond for the past year. Most of the money he earns goes toward his college savings account.
“I have no help from my family,” said Twal, who would be the first in his family — …
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The Douglas County Board of Education did not fill its empty board seat as expected at the Nov. 1 meeting, because the vacancy was left off the meeting's agenda.
That means board President Meghann …
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It's been almost a month since Hurricane Matthew struck the southeastern coastline of the United States, killing 43 people in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia. Recovery efforts in the region are largely completed, and already national …
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Lone Tree residents will have the chance to weigh in on the future of the community in a new survey.
For the fourth time, Lone Tree will be surveying residents, a practice that the city has done every three or four years since 2006. The last …
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Like many people with autism, Owen Xiao doesn't say much.
But he still has a voice, and Lauren Thome wants to make sure it's heard on Election Day.
Xiao registered to vote for the first time at a registration drive Thome organized for people …
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For three staff members at Douglas County's election headquarters in Castle Rock, working on the ballot-processing team means they're doing their part.
This is Linda Allie's first year working for Douglas County, although she's been part of teams …
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